Matthew Singer writes about movies, music and podcasts for Time Out – a continuation of two decades spent analysing, obsessing over and occasionally making fun of popular culture. Previously, he served as the Arts & Culture Editor at Willamette Week, a Pulitzer Prize-winning alt-weekly newspaper in Portland, Oregon, where he wrote about forgotten schlock-horror movie directors, interviewed Fred Armisen behind a dumpster, won national awards for music and profile writing, and once taste-tested dog beer. He currently lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife, son and two cats, and spends way too much of his free time thinking about fantasy basketball.
Matthew Singer

Matthew Singer

Film writer and editor

Articles (216)

The 22 Best Vietnam War Movies Of All Time – As Ranked By A Military Historian

The 22 Best Vietnam War Movies Of All Time – As Ranked By A Military Historian

All war is hell, but Vietnam was a specific kind of nightmare for America. Fought for spurious reasons and ending with little to show for all the bloodshed, it left a generation scarred and began the United States’ long decline as the world’s hero. Coinciding with an era in Hollywood where filmmakers were already growing more cynical and suspicious toward the government at large, the movies about the conflict naturally feature much less rah-rah patriotism than those set during World War II. In fact, many of them are basically horror films. How many, though, are historically accurate? With 2025 marking the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, and thus the end of the war, we asked military historian Professor Geoffrey Wawro, author of acclaimed account The Vietnam War, to rank the most well-known Vietnam War movies, not necessarily by quality, but by just how reflective they are of the reality of the war. Here’s how they stacked up. Recommended:  đŸ“œïžÂ The 50 best war movies ever madeđŸȘ– The 50 best World War II moviesđŸŽ–ïžÂ World War I films ranked by historical accuracy
The best comedy movies of all time

The best comedy movies of all time

Call it a hot take if you want, but there is no greater feat in cinema than creating a timeless comedy. That’s because no film genre ages worse. Drama, horror and romance movies all tap into innate human desires and anxieties that anyone from any generation can understand. But comedy is all about context. What’s funny in 1925 might not make a lick of sense to 2025 audiences. Humour is also deeply individualistic: one person’s ROTFLMAO is another’s shrug emoji. That makes coming up with the best comedy films of all-time especially challenging. There’s a lot that goes into identifying truly great comedy, but the main one has to do with durability. Is this film still funny now, and will it still be years from now? In sorting the GOATs from the groaners, we enlisted the help of comedians like Diane Morgan and Russell Howard, actors such as John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker and a small army of Time Out writers. And the films we came up with represent the 100 most hilarious – and most lasting – laughers ever made. We can’t be sure they’ll all make you laugh. But if they don’t
 well, that sounds like a ‘you’ problem. Recommended: đŸ”„ The 100 best movies of all-timeđŸ€ŁÂ The best comedies of 2024đŸ„° The greatest romantic comedies of all time
Best comedy movies of 2025 (so far)

Best comedy movies of 2025 (so far)

September 2025 update: Our additions this month include an out-of-nowhere indie gem and a long-awaited spinoff to one of the most popular sitcoms of all-time. Splitsville, starring relative unknowns Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, along with Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona, might be the year’s best romcom. And then there’s The Paper, Peacock’s successor to The Office, set at a struggling newspaper in Toledo, Ohio.  It took a few months, but 2025 has turned into a pretty great year for onscreen comedy – relative to recent years, anyway. How can anyone look askance at Tim Robinson starring in his first movie? Or Seth Rogen doing a high-anxiety Hollywood satire? Or low-key, leftfield gems like Splitsville and One of Them Days? Or how about the fact that we got a remake of The Naked Gun, and it turned out to be awesome? Like we said: it’s been a good year for laughs. And there’s more coming, with both the Spinal Tap sequel and Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, Good Fortune, still on the horizon – plus anything else we probably won’t see coming. Here are the movies and shows that have busted our guts the hardest so far.  RECOMMENDED: đŸŽ„Â The best movies of 2025 (so far)đŸ”„Â The best TV and streaming shows of 2025đŸ“ș The 100 greatest ever TV shows you need to binge
The best movies of 2025 (so far) – the new films that are making our year at the cinema

The best movies of 2025 (so far) – the new films that are making our year at the cinema

September 2025 update: This month’s addition is perhaps the most surprising: Splitsville, an indie screwball farce about two couples stumbling into open marriages, which somehow manages to be one of 2025’s best romantic comedies while also containing the year’s best fight scene.  At this point in 2025, it’s possible to look at the year in movies and draw a few conclusions. Superhero movies aren’t ‘out’ but they’re no longer guaranteed juggernauts. Kiddie flicks do big business. Gen Z is starting to generate its own IP. Audiences love horror. China doesn’t need the rest of the world to blow up the international box office. And, lo and behold, there is still a place at the multiplex for original stories. Overall, after much hangwringing post-pandemic, the film industry looks to be in decent health. Of course, many of those takeaways could still get blown up – after all, there are still four months left on the calendar, and awards season is just getting underway. But if you look at the year so far, one thing that can be said for sure is there are plenty of reasons to feel hopeful about cinema as an artform, whether it’s the blockbuster success of genre-smashing auteur vehicles like Sinners and Weapons, daring formal experiments such as Nickel Boys, Flow and Better Man and heartening returns to form for masters like Steven Soderbergh and Danny Boyle. While there’s much more to come, there’s much to celebrate already. Here are the movies we’ve loved the most so far.   RECOMMENDED
The best Halloween movies for kids on Netflix

The best Halloween movies for kids on Netflix

It’s easy to forget that Halloween is primarily a holiday tailored to children. So while it’s fun to fill the movie queue with adult-level scares, it’s important for parents to reserve some time for more entry-level frights. You really don’t have an excuse not to, as Netflix makes doing so a breeze. The streamer has tons of Halloween-themed content that’s spookily entertaining for the wee ones but won’t have them hiding behind the couch. This October, grab a bowl of candy corn and throw on one of these great scary (but not too scary) flicks for the little ghouls in your house.  Recommended: 🎃 The best Halloween movies of all-timeđŸ‘» The best Halloween movies for kids of all-agesđŸ‘Ș The 50 best family films to stream on movie night
The most anticipated movies of the fall

The most anticipated movies of the fall

Summer is winding down, which for true film nerds means the most wonderful time of the year is upon us. That’s right, it’s fall movie season, when studios drop their major awards contenders and buzzed-over festival hits. The overall film year has felt particularly end-heavy: while the first half of 2025 came with its share of critical and commercial hits, from Sinners to Weapons, the back of the calendar looks loaded, with big releases from beloved directors like Paul Thomas Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow and Lynne Ramsay, a few heavily tipped Oscar contenders, a couple smaller films with the potential to surprise everyone – and even some blockbusters. Here are the movies we’re most excited about in fall 2025.  Recommended: đŸŽ„ The best movies of 2025 (so far)đŸ”„ The best TV and streaming shows of 2025
The 25 best movies on HBO and HBO Max right now

The 25 best movies on HBO and HBO Max right now

In the days when Max was known as HBO Max, the streaming service was known as the place to go to rewatch The Sopranos, Sex and the City and The Wire and stream recent blockbusters. After the merger that formed Warner Bros. Discovery in 2022, much has changed. Yes, it’s still the platform to use if you want to spend time with Tony, Carrie or Stringer, but the selection of awesome movies has blown up, thanks to licensing deals with the likes of Turner Classic Movies, Criterion Collection and Studio Ghibli. Need help navigating its considerable catalogue? Here are the 25 newer and older movies on Max you absolutely need to stream ASAP. Recommended: đŸ’» The best movies on Netflix right now🍏 The best movies on Apple TV+🇭 The best movies on Hulu 🗓 The best movies of 2025 so far 
The best psychological thrillers of all time to watch

The best psychological thrillers of all time to watch

What separates a psychological thriller from a regular old thriller? As the phrase implies, it mostly has to do with the mind. In the best examples, special attention is paid to the mental disposition of its characters, and the thrills themselves are derived from how those motivations influence the movement of the plot. That might make it sound highfalutin, but the greatest psychological thrillers play on elemental fears, traumas and delusions to send goosebumps racing up the viewer’s arms. As one particularly disturbed young man once said, we all go a little mad sometimes – and that’s what makes the genre so relatable
 and frightening.  Taking all that into consideration, we probed the most shadowy corners of cinema to put together this list of the best psychological thrillers ever made. Some are tense and twisty, others are more meditative, but nearly all of them will leave you feeling dizzy, discombobulated and probably in need of some fresh air afterward. Recommended: 😬 The 100 best thriller movies of all-time🍆 The 35 steamiest erotic thrillers💣 The 101 best action movies of all-timeđŸ”„ The 100 best movies of all-time
The best serial killer movies of all time

The best serial killer movies of all time

Crime movies often provide the vicarious thrill of watching people live outside the law – robbing banks, running from cops, getting into shootouts and either narrowly escaping or going out in a blaze of glory. Movies about serial killers, however, are another beast entirely. They force us to peer into the darkest, coldest, most frightening corners of the human psyche. And the scariest thing is, there’s probably a lot more of them out there in the real world than ultra-cool bank robbers. But serial killers are most often made, not born – and the best movies about them interrogate the conditions that create them as much as they try to shock us by their existence. In considering the best serial-killer movies ever made, we prioritised those that go beyond mere exploitation or transgressive voyeurism. Some might be categorised as horror, others as noirs or procedurals. All of them will leave you shaken, in one way or another. Recommended: đŸ©žÂ The 15 scariest horror movies based on true stories💣 The 100 best thrillers of all timeđŸ˜± The 100 best horror movies of all timeđŸ•”ïžÂ The 40 best murder-mystery movies
The 50 best monster movies ever made

The 50 best monster movies ever made

Cinematic monsters come in many shapes and sizes, from amorphous blobs to giant apes to Swamp Things. Some are manifestations of their designers’ deepest hang-ups or emblematic of the biggest fears of society at large. Others are uncomplicated beasts that desire to kill either for food or just for the sheer fun of it. So what makes a great monster movie? Obviously, in putting together this list of the best monster movies ever made, we had a lot of options to choose from. So we put a few parameters in place. First off, no zombies or vampires. There are simply too many, and those warrant lists of their own. Secondly, no ‘humans are the real monsters’ stuff. (Sorry, Freddy, Jason, Michael and Henry from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. You’re monsters, but you’re not monsters, if you catch our drift.) Instead, we opted for all the killer rabbits, killer plants, killer fish, killer clowns, killer aliens and killer giant sandworms. Here are the best monster movies of all-time. Written by Tom Huddleston, Adam Lee Davies, Andy Kryza, Paul Fairclough, David Jenkins & Matthew Singer Recommended: đŸ‘č The 66 greatest movie monsters💀 The 100 best horror movies of all-timeđŸ‘œ The 100 best sci-fi movies of all-time🩄 The 50 best fantasy movies of all-time 
The 17 scariest horror movies based on true stories

The 17 scariest horror movies based on true stories

Whenever you watch a truly terrifying horror film, there’s a mantra many of us silently repeat in order to bring ourselves down from any potential dread-induced anxiety attacks: ‘It’s only a movie.’ What happens, though, when the movie is based on a true story? In those cases, we may try to convince ourselves that the filmmakers are playing fast and loose with the facts for cinematic effect, and that the actual truth of the story is less disturbing than what’s being put on screen. And yeah, that’s usually the deal
but not always.  In these 17 frightening films based on actual events, some details may be embellished, but they hew close enough to the real incidents that telling yourself ‘it’s just a movie’ won’t be enough to stop your spine from tingling and your pulse from racing. Recommended: đŸ˜± The 100 best horror movies of all timeđŸ”Ș The 31 best serial killer movies🎃 Best Halloween moviesđŸ€” The 20 best movies based on true stories
The best zombie movies of all time

The best zombie movies of all time

Zombie movies refuse to die. Ever since Night of the Living Dead invented the modern version of the genre in 1968, the undead have risen continuously over the decades, mutating as they go. Sure, there’s a well-established formula – some sort of plague infects the planet, turning the deceased into ravenous cannibals looking to feast on the flesh of the living – and plenty of hacks have exploited the template to overwhelm video store shelves and streaming platforms with mindless schlock. But a rarefied few have found ways to take the basic mythos and twist it into something wholly unique.  Others hit the beats with high style and freshness, while some are simply so energetically over-the-top that they can’t be ignored. On this list, you’ll find examples of all three: from classics to cult faves, zom-coms to gorefests, and even a few that predate George A Romero. Grab some popcorn and board up the windows – these are the best zombie movies ever made. Recommended: đŸ˜± The 100 best horror movies of all-timeđŸ‘č The best monster movies of all-timeđŸ”Ș The 31 best serial killer movies of all-timeđŸ€˜Â The 40 best cult movies of all-time

News (34)

The best new movies to stream this week (September 15-20)

The best new movies to stream this week (September 15-20)

Streaming ain’t easy. Sure, if you’re a cinephile, practically every movie you could ever want to watch is at your fingertips. But therein lies the problem: knowing what’s out there, and where to find it, can become overwhelming. Here, we’re doing the hard work for you, by cutting through the clutter and getting straight to the best new movies available to watch right now and in the near future. Here are the five must-watch movies hitting streaming services this week.  Recommended: 🏆 The best movies of 2025 so far🆕 What’s new on Netflix in September 2025 1. 28 Years Later Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland check back in on a world ravaged by the so-called Rage virus and discover that, yep, the situation is still pretty bleak, at least in the quarantined British Isles. The first half of the third movie in the 28 Days Later franchise is a spectacularly thrilling survival adventure, while the second half is an astoundingly emotional meditation on what it means to truly accept death. Catch it now before follow-up The Bone Temple arrives in theaters in just a few months. Watch 28 Years Later on Netflix starting Sept 20   2. Swiped (Hulu) Lily James stars as Whitney Wolfe, the founder of the female-focused dating app Bumble, in this biopic charting her rise as a co-founder of Tinder, fall as she leaves and sues the company for sexual harassment, and re-rise as she become as self-made billionaire. It’s a story that doesn’t seem to have the saucy intri
Here’s what’s new on Netflix in September 2025: 9 best movies and shows to watch

Here’s what’s new on Netflix in September 2025: 9 best movies and shows to watch

It’s September on Netflix, and all the stars are out. Well, a few of them. Toni Collette. Jude Law. Jason Bateman. Charlie Sheen. Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. The streamer is transitioning slowly out of summer toward a highly anticipated award season with several films on the release schedule that could net Netflix its first Best Picture win. We’re not quite there yet, though. Instead, the schedule is full of comfort food, from The Great British Baking Show to thrillers to salacious docuseries. Hey, that stuff has value, too. Here are the nine new titles hitting the catalogue this month that stand out the most. Recommended: đŸ’»Â The best Netflix original series to bingeđŸ“ș The best TV and streaming shows of 2025 (so far) The Great British Baking Show season 13 Everyone’s favourite comfort show returns. Seriously, it’s one of the few things left reminding us that there’s still some good in the world. (As long as they don’t do another Mexican food episode.) Premieres Sept 5 AKA Charlie Sheen Remember #winning? Remember ‘tiger blood’? Remember Platoon, Major League and Men at Work? (Also Two and a Half Men. He was the half-man, right?) Hollywood chaos agent Charlie Sheen does his version of Motley Crue’s The Dirt with a tell-all docuseries sure to feature wild stories and some wildly unreliable narration. Premieres Sept 10 The Wrong Paris A country gal with European dreams (Miranda Cosgrove) is cast on a reality dating show she thinks is set in Paris, France. Turns out, it’
Who is the new James Bond currently favourite to be the next 007 after Daniel Craig?

Who is the new James Bond currently favourite to be the next 007 after Daniel Craig?

Gentlemen, rev your Aston Martins and start shaking those martinis, because a new James Bond is on the horizon. Menthol smoke has not yet started billowing out of MGM Studios – the traditional indication that the next 007 has been chosen – with Daniel Craig’s likely replacement still a mystery. What does this mean for the future of the iconic British spy series and its upcoming 26th instalment? Information is limited, but here’s what we know so far.  What does Amazon MGM Studios’ takeover mean for the next James Bond? After months of rumour and speculation, James Bond finally got a new boss in February 2025. Not M, but Amazon MGM Studios who sealed a deal with 007’s producers, Eon’s Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, to take creative control of the franchise.  Broccoli and Wilson will remain co-owners of James Bond but crucially, will step back from controlling the future direction or execution of the franchise. ‘With the conclusion of No Time to Die and Michael retiring from the films, I feel it is time to focus on my other projects,’ Broccoli said in a statement.So what does it all mean for 007? We’re probably a step closer to a release date for Bond 26 and the announcement of a new James Bond to star in it. Maybe a radical change of direction for the whole franchise, too, with immediate speculation that Amazon will look to spin their expensive new IP into the kind of shared universe storytelling that Disney pursued with Lucasfilm and Star Wars after its takeover. Is a
The biggest superhero movie of the year has suddenly hit streaming – here’s how to watch

The biggest superhero movie of the year has suddenly hit streaming – here’s how to watch

Look! Up on the TV screen! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! Only five weeks after its theatrical release, James Gunn’s reboot of DC Comics’ most legendary superhero is now available for streaming. Normally, the quick move to video on demand would indicate poor box office performance, but Superman is a certified hit, grossing $500 million worldwide to date. Instead, Gunn says the move was strategic, to give audiences the chance to watch before the premiere of Season 2 of The Peacemaker on HBO – and if you’ve seen the film, you’ll recognise the connection to the series. In addition to being the highest-grossing superhero movie of the year, Superman was also a critical hit: it currently holds an 83 percent Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In a mixed review, TimeOut praised David Corenswet’s performance as the Last Son of Krypton, praising the ‘lovely balance of sweetness, strength and self-doubt bubbling beneath the surface’ he brings to the role. And we mustn’t forget Krypto the superdog, ‘a sidekick whose lack of proper training and licky nature makes him a menace to foes and friends alike.’ Superman is now available to rent or buy on digital services like Prime and Google Play. It’s expected to stream on HBO Max at some point in the future, but given past Warner Brothers releases, that might not be until October. 
This new TV show has a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score – here’s how to watch it for free

This new TV show has a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score – here’s how to watch it for free

Alien: Earth has landed, and it’s spectacular. The series, an eight-episode prequel to the sci-fi horror franchise launched by Ridley Scott in 1979, is one of the most anticipated TV shows of the year. Devised by Fargo’s Noah Hawley, it’s set two years before the events of the first film, following a crew of soldiers investigating a spaceship that’s crash-landed on Earth and brought with it some dangerous cargo.  The first two episodes debuted Aug. 12 on FX and Hulu, and the show is already receiving raves. It has a 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics calling it ‘heady’, ‘bone-chilling’ and ‘nothing short of a triumph’. If you’re a fan of the franchise, you’re certainly dying to watch. Here’s how. Where is Alien: Earth airing and streaming? Alien: Earth will air new episodes every Tuesday at 8 pm PT/ET through Sept. 23 on FX, while also streaming on both Hulu and Disney+. If you have a live television streaming service, such as Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, DirecTVor Sling, you can also catch it there. Don’t have any of those services, yet still feel compelled to watch killer xenomorphs wreak havoc on our planet? Luckily for you, Hulu offers a 30-day free trial of its ad-supported plan, meaning if you sign up on Aug. 25, you’ll be able to watch the entire run of the series for free, while also exploring what else the streamer has to offer. (Just make sure to cancel your subscription when the month is up, as it auto-renews at $9.99 per month
 but hey, maybe you’
Thousands of anime titles will soon be streamable on Delta flights

Thousands of anime titles will soon be streamable on Delta flights

Air travel is a pain, but at least anime fans will soon have extra enticement to get on a plane.  Starting later this year, the streaming service Crunchyroll will partner with Delta to provide the airline with access to its vast library of Japanese animation titles. As first reported by The Wrap, the streamer is curating a collection of 50,000 movies and TV episodes, totalling approximately 25,000 hours of content, available on 169,000 seatback screens. No specific titles have been confirmed.   ‘There is nothing better on a long flight than immersing yourself in the rich storytelling and world-building of anime’, Rahul Purini, president of Crunchyroll, said in a statement. ‘Fans can go deep on one series or sample one episode of many series – from action to adventure, romance and more’.  Initially started by a group of University of California, Berkeley graduates in 2006, Crunchyroll began as a pirate site focused on East Asian media content before going legit in 2009. The platform is now jointly owned by the US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex.  In addition to the in-flight entertainment, Delta SkyMiles members will have access to special offers, including free 24-hour trials of the Crunchyroll app. Anime aficionados, book your flights now. The best anime movies of all-time, ranked.
Horror smash ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ is coming to streaming this week

Horror smash ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ is coming to streaming this week

Get ready to feel the cold, clammy, extremely convoluted hand of death on your shoulder: Final Destination Bloodlines is coming to streaming this week. The horror hit lands on HBO Max this Friday, August 1, less than three months after arriving in theaters. The sixth film in the series, and first since 2011, far outstripped expectations both commercially and critically. If you’ve seen any of the Final Destination movies, you know they succeed less on plot and character than ridiculously elaborate kills, which are frequently so gory and over-the-top they end up more funny than frightening. Bloodlines has a 93 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes; Time Out’s review called it ‘daft as hell and a heck of a good time’ and praised its ‘minimal reliance on nostalgia’.  Raking in $285 million at the worldwide box office, Bloodlines is the most successful movie in the franchise and the second biggest horror hit of 2025 after Sinners. If you’d like to binge the entire franchise, you can find it on Tubi, Hulu and Max. And if you still have linear cable, HBO is airing the entire run on Saturday, August 2, at the following times: 12.10pm ET – Final Destination (2000)1.50pm ET – Final Destination 2 (2003)3.24pm ET – Final Destination 3 (2006)5pm ET – The Final Destination (2009)6.25pm ET – Final Destination 5 (2011)8pm ET – Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) Review: Final Destination Bloodlines is a bloody good time. The best horror movies of 2025 so far.
This little-known streaming service has great movies, no ads – and it's totally free

This little-known streaming service has great movies, no ads – and it's totally free

The streaming revolution has made almost the entirety of movie history available at the clack of a keyboard, but it’s far from perfect. For one thing, it’s grown terribly expensive. As the number of platforms has exploded, the notion of canceling cable – the dream of the early streaming era – has become increasingly cost prohibitive. And yes, while there are a handful of free, ad-supported services with decent catalogues out there, it’s pretty jarring to watch, let’s say, Late Spring and suddenly get interrupted with a commercial for cleaning liquid or Taco Bell. But what if we told you there’s a streaming service that’s not only totally free and without ads, but loaded with great new, classic and rare films – and that all you need to access it is a library card. It’s called Kanopy. Started in 2008 out of Western Australia, the company initially aimed to be ‘the Netflix of education’, marketing itself to universities and libraries in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. and hosting thousands of videos from the likes of the Criterion Collection, PBS and BBC. Now, it’s simply a cinephile’s dream, offering over 30,000 titles ranging from classics from Hollywood and abroad, to cult favourites, to hard-to-find obscurities, to documentaries and experimental films, to even newer fare like 2025 Best Picture winner Anora. (A handful are added weekly.) And, as mentioned, if you have a library card from a participating library – or, for college students university ID – that’s all you need
You can get tickets for Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ – a full year before it comes to theaters

You can get tickets for Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ – a full year before it comes to theaters

What are you doing a year from now? If you’re a cinephile, you probably already have the opening date of Christopher Nolan’s new film, The Odyssey, circled on the calendar. Now, you can set it in stone. As first reported by Variety, starting Thursday, July 17, 2025, Nolan super fans – and, we supposed, hardcore Homer-heads – can purchase tickets to see the movie in IMAX 70mm theaters in the US and UK, exactly one year before the film is released in cinemas. Rumors began swirling earlier in the week as Reddit users noticed showtimes for the movie already listed at theaters in Arizona and Dallas. The recently reopened AMC Lincoln Square in New York has a 2pm showtime listed as ‘available soon’, while the fan community IMAX Vanguard suggests tickets will soon go on sale for a screening at the BFI in London.   While studios will often make deals with IMAX theaters far in advance, to have those plans made public a year in advance is unprecedented. The catch here is that only about 30 theaters in the world are equipped with IMAX projectors. But that didn’t stop enthusiasts from travelling great distances to see Nolan’s previous movie, 2023’s Oppenheimer, in the format: IMAX screenings accounted for 20 percent of the Best Picture winner’s $975 million worldwide gross. Nolan is one of the format’s truest believers, having shot parts of nearly every film he’s made since The Dark Knight using IMAX cameras, while The Odyssey will be the first shot entirely on such cameras. The Odyssey i
This hard-to-find war movie classic is streaming on YouTube – for free

This hard-to-find war movie classic is streaming on YouTube – for free

The streaming era has made untold thousands of movies available at our fingertips. The problem? The vast majority of those movies were made in only the last two decades or so. If you’re a burgeoning cinephile looking to continue your film education, finding films from earlier than the Clinton administration is more difficult than it should be. But it’s not impossible: you just need to know where to look. A good place to start? YouTube. The site best known for cat videos, conspiracy theories and DIY home repair tutorials is a semi-secret repository for movies unavailable on other platforms. Many classics of the cult, arthouse and international variety are out there to stream, completely for free. Of course, the drawbacks are dodgy transfers and possible copyright violations. But if you want to watch one of the greatest anti-war films of all-time, well, it’s there, it’s in 1080p, and it’s legal. Be forewarned, though: 1985’s Come and See will leave you absolutely shell-shocked. Set in Nazi-occupied Belarus, the final film by Soviet director Elem Klimov follows a young soldier named Florya as he witnesses horrors beyond his comprehension. Time Out – which has not only named the movie one of the best war movies of all-time but one of the greatest overall – put it this way: ‘As unsparing as cinema gets, the influence of Elem Klimov’s sui generis war movie transcends the genre in a way that not even Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan can match. At its heart it’s a coming-of
A24 is about to release the biggest animated movie in history in American cinemas – and you've never heard of it

A24 is about to release the biggest animated movie in history in American cinemas – and you've never heard of it

What’s the biggest movie of 2025 so far? It’s not Sinners, Jurassic World Rebirth, Lilo & Stitch or A Minecraft Movie. In fact, American audiences probably haven’t even heard of it.  It’s called Ne Zha 2, a Chinese animated film that is dominating the global box office almost entirely from within its home country. Released in January, it has made over $2 billion, overtaking 2024’s Inside Out 2 for the highest grossing animation of all-time.  And now, it’s coming to North America. A24 will collaborate with China’s state-sponsored CMC Pictures to bring Ne Zha 2 to theaters in the United States and Canada, as well as Australia and New Zealand, on Aug. 22. The English-language dub will feature Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh in the voice cast. A sequel to 2019’s Ne Zha, the film, by director Yang Yu, aka Jiaozi, is based on the 16th century novel Investiture of the Gods. It follows the title character, a demigod with a rebellious nature, as he learns to wield his incredible powers and protect humanity from forces of evil. In a statement, Yeoh said she is ‘honored to be part of Ne Zha 2, a landmark in Chinese animation and a powerful reminder of how universal our stories can be.’ The rest of the English voice cast has not yet been announced. ❗ Ne Zha 2: the game-changing story behind the biggest movie you’ve never heard of. ❗100 best animated movies of all time to add to your watch list.
Netflix : les 10 meilleurs films et séries à voir en juillet

Netflix : les 10 meilleurs films et séries à voir en juillet

Juillet sonne le grand retour des tĂȘtes familiĂšres sur Netflix. Charlize Theron rouvre le bal dans The Old Guard 2, oĂč elle renfile le costume d’immortelle badass pour dĂ©fendre une humanitĂ© en pĂ©ril. Un come-back musclĂ© qui ouvre un mois placĂ© sous le signe des suites trĂšs attendues. À la fin du mois, c’est Adam Sandler qui ressuscite l’un de ses rĂŽles les plus cultes : le golfeur dĂ©jantĂ© d’Happy Gilmore revient plus de vingt ans aprĂšs, dans une suite qui promet autant de swings que de gags bien gras. Entre ces deux poids lourds, Netflix dĂ©roule un programme dense : l’ultime saison de la sĂ©rie de fantasy gothique The Sandman, une nouvelle sitcom signĂ©e Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men), et le retour trĂšs remarquĂ© de Lena Dunham, qui cosigne sa premiĂšre sĂ©rie depuis Girls – une comĂ©die romantique irrĂ©vĂ©rencieuse Ă  souhait. Voici les 10 sorties Netflix Ă  ne pas manquer en juillet The Old Guard 2 Charlize Theron recolore ses cheveux et renfile son costume de super-hĂ©roĂŻne d’action dans la suite de l’adaptation de bande dessinĂ©e de 2020, qui avait rencontrĂ© un succĂšs aussi inattendu que retentissant. On y retrouvait une bande de mercenaires immortels, et cette fois, Uma Thurman incarne la grande mĂ©chante – armĂ©e d’un sabre, comme au bon vieux temps. Disponible Ă  partir du 2 juillet The Sandman – Saison 2 La sĂ©rie de fantasy sombre, inspirĂ©e de la bande dessinĂ©e de Neil Gaiman, touche Ă  sa fin de maniĂšre un peu abrupte. (Les showrunners assurent que c’